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Jan 31, 2024

UKG: An Estimated 16.1 Million U.S. Employees to Miss Work Super Bowl Monday, Millions More Plan to Show Up Late

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | Bring in the backups! An estimated 16.1 million U.S. employees plan to miss work the Monday after Super Bowl LVIII, including over 6 million U.S. employees who will risk a workplace penalty for faking sick or “ghosting” work altogether and not showing up. That’s according to new research conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of the UKG Workforce Institute, which has tracked absenteeism surrounding the big game for nearly two decades.

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Jan 30, 2024

UKG: January Workforce Activity Slows — But There’s More to the Story

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | Workforce activity declined 2.4% in January, turning the broader labor market trend toward neutral, after several months of relatively consistent stagnation — but there’s more to the story on what’s driving the slowdown in shift work, according to the January 2024 Workforce Activity Report published by UKG.

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Jan 8, 2024

Newsweek Names UKG a Great Workplace for Diversity for the Second Consecutive Year

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | UKG, a leading provider of HR, payroll, workforce management, and culture solutions for all people, announced today that Newsweek named UKG to its America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity list for the second year in a row. This award is one in a series of recent wins recognizing UKG for its commitment to creating an equity-for-all workplace.

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Sep 30, 2021

Nurturing the Future Workforce: UKG Examines Dynamic Between Gen Z and the Manufacturing Sector

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | Gen Z doesn’t want just a job, but a workplace where they belong, can develop a career path, and feel valued and trusted — and many claim to have found that working in modern manufacturing. New research announced today by UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) and launched in partnership with IndustryWeek finds 92% of Gen Z talent employed within manufacturing are satisfied with their current careers.

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Sep 28, 2021

15 of the Top Companies for Women Working in Tech

CNBC | AnitaB.org’s 2021 Top Companies for Women Technologists report measures data from 56 tech companies and more than 552,000 technologists between January and December 2020. Organizations are scored based on career level representation of women, as well as hiring, retention and promotion of women.

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Sep 28, 2021

UKG Honored for Payroll Software and Services Leadership

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) today announced new awards and accolades for delivering excellence in payroll from the American Payroll Association and Global Payroll Management Institute, Constellation Research, and NelsonHall.